NBA: Crazy Little Giant

The Thunder during Westbrook's period.

The main tactic was Westbrook holding the ball to push the fast break, and to feed back to the team with his strong personal ability.

For this reason, in many games, you can see teammates helping to block the position so that he can grab the defensive rebound.

The purpose is to allow Westbrook to launch a fast break at the first time.

However, Westbrook saw that Chen Cheng grabbed three offensive rebounds in a row and gave them to him.

This time he might as well reward him.

Although the big man has good talent, passing the ball in the NBA court is not that simple. It's okay for the big man to let you pay tuition.

Westbrook ran down without the ball, as fast as lightning.

The Philadelphia 76ers' back line couldn't catch up at all.

Soon, Westbrook came to the opponent's free throw line.

The man arrived and the ball arrived.

Westbrook was surprised to find that the basketball appeared in front of him.

The long pass across half the court had good strength and angle.

A slight adjustment of the body.

Westbrook received the ball.

Like a wild horse, he rushed to the basket of the Philadelphia 76ers.

""Bang!" The dunk made the basket buzz.

After the dunk, Westbrook transformed into Megatron, hammering his chest with every step, performing his turtle-style celebration.

Excited, he and Chen Cheng bumped their chests to celebrate.

Westbrook, who is 191cm tall, and Chen Cheng, who is 226cm tall, bumped their chests passionately in the air.

However, Westbrook, who is known for his explosive physical fitness, was knocked over by the 134kg Chen Cheng and almost fell to the ground.

"Big guy, you are really strong."Westbrook rubbed his slightly sore chest muscles and said

"Hey, Russell, I just blocked that guy...."Chen Cheng said with a smile.

Westbrook laughed dumbly and said,"Don't worry, I keep my word.".......

Joel Embiid is indeed a rare talented inside player. He is 213cm tall, weighs 122kg, and has a wingspan of 228cm. He has a broad frame, excellent mobility, decent explosive power, terrifying learning ability, good basketball IQ, and first-rate shooting touch.

Joel Embiid, who just returned from injury, can suppress the Thunder's starting center Adams.

But facing the little giant Chen Cheng, Embiid seemed stretched.

After Embiid received the pass from his teammate in the inside, he took a half-turn with a sinking step, but did not squeeze out of position. Embiid has a strong physique and strong upper limb strength, but his lower limb strength is too weak. He was completely unable to knock down Chen Cheng. Embiid, who almost lost his position, had no choice but to make a hasty shot.

""Pah!" Chen Cheng stuck close to him and blocked the ball with great force, sending the basketball flying........

At this time, there were only 6 seconds left in the offensive time.

Embiid, who was blocked twice by Chen Cheng with three offensive rebounds in a row, was eager to regain his face. He still wanted to get the ball in the low post.

But his teammates didn't give it to him at this time.

Instead, they gave it to Covington in the bottom corner.

The latter took the ball and shot a three-pointer.

He missed again.

This time the rebound bounced a little far.

Even if Chen Cheng had a first-class rebounding sense in the Giant Slaughterhouse, it was impossible for him to grab every rebound.

Fortunately, Oladipo picked up this ball.

Seeing that the situation was not right, the Philadelphia 76ers hurried back to defense.

Embiid, who returned from injury, has not gained a lot of weight. At 122kg, he can even chase blocks, so his defense speed will naturally not be slow.

In addition, his inside partner Covington quickly stopped the Thunder's fast break.

Chen Cheng, who is 226cm tall and weighs 134kg, is the last one to cross half court for the Thunder.

There is no way.

He is really slow.

At this time, even Charles Barkley couldn't help but tease:"Haha, Chen, this big guy is just like a big truck that has been driven for 20 years."

Just as the voice fell.

Chen Cheng came to the top of the arc and performed a pick-and-roll screen for Oladipo.

Chen Cheng's wide body, the quality of the pick-and-roll screen is quite good, directly hooking the opposing defensive player.

But Philadelphia knew that the Thunder's outside touch was not accurate tonight, so they took the inside line to shrink.

Oladipo found that there was no breakthrough space, facing a double-man press, and had no choice but to pass the ball back to Chen Cheng.

Chen Cheng stood near the free throw line.

Another trebuchet-like pass was given to Robertson who cut in from the left wing.

This immediately attracted the defensive attention of the Philadelphia 76ers.

But they found that the ball was not passed.

This was Chen Cheng's pass fake.

The basketball was still firmly held in Chen Cheng's hand.

The next second.

Chen Cheng passed the basketball.

The basketball was given to Oladipo who jumped in front of the basket.

The person arrived and the ball arrived!

Aerial relay!

"Oops!" Joel Embiid, who had attracted the attention of the defense a second ago, was standing with his back to the opponent.

He quickly moved his feet and wanted to make up for the defense.

But as soon as he turned around, he saw Oladipo flying into the air. After receiving the pass from Chen Cheng in the air, he completed a slam dunk that shocked everyone.

This slam dunk completely ignited the scene.

At the same time, it also made Chen Cheng sigh that Oladipo's draft template is really worthy of Dwyane Wade, his physical fitness is too explosive.

""Beep!"

The referee blew the whistle.

Embiid committed a defensive foul.

Oladipo scored his first goal of the game, and it was a 2+1.

While celebrating, Oladipo also looked at Chen Cheng, who passed the ball to him, with gratitude.

After this goal, the opponent Philadelphia 76ers immediately requested a timeout.

There was no way.

They had to adjust.

This year's rookie of the Thunder, the little giant from Xiaguo, not only disrupted the pre-match tactical deployment, but more frighteningly, he seemed to have caused some mental trauma to their own talented center Joel Embiid.......

On the other hand,

Chen Cheng, who returned to the bench after the timeout, was praised by his teammates, the team assistant coach, and even the head coach.

"Well done, Chen!"

"Chen, your rebounding is so strong!"

"Chen, you give the other guy's ass���It's so cool, hahaha."

Chen Cheng is domineering and calm on the court, but he is very calm off the court, at least in the minds of his teammates.

Thunder coach Donovan also re-evaluated Chen Cheng in his heart.

"At least he has first-rate rebounding ability."

"Excellent basketball IQ, very good at reading the game. However, there is still a big gap between him and the master level passer. The timing and strength of the pass still need to be further developed."

"Although his speed and athletic ability are among the best among big players over 220cm, he is still too slow compared to the players in the small ball era."

"Returning to defense and switching defense are both issues that need to be solved in the future"......

"Chen, in the next offensive round, you help Russell with the pick and roll"

"Pay attention to the position, angle, and timing of the pick-and-roll,"

Donovan said.

""Yeah." Chen Cheng nodded.

Donovan really wanted to see Chen Cheng's pick-and-roll ability.

In addition, coach Donovan also arranged a post-up singles tactic for Chen Cheng.

Of course, giving Chen Cheng a post-up singles is just a"scraps" in the Thunder's tactics.

A team with Westbrook naturally needs to play around Westbrook.

The reason why Donovan arranged it this way is that he hopes Chen Cheng can take on the team's offensive tasks for a period of time when Westbrook's hands are cold.